November 15, 2012 in Asia, blog, Education, Inspiration, Thailand, Travelogue
Last night I made beef stroganoff over rice, with a side of lemony snake beans, crusty bread, salad and kiwi for dessert. This was a banner meal for us in […]
November 7, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue
Nothing ruins a perfectly good dinner party quite like blood curdling screaming and thrashing about in the sand. It’s become somewhat of a twice weekly habit, meeting a few of […]
October 31, 2012 in Asia, Cambodia, Travelogue
I completely forgot Angkor Wat. How is that possible? A place that’s been on my bucket list forever. Hannah’s request for her 16th birthday present. I forgot it. Well, I […]
October 21, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue
I don’t know if I really have the words to capture this. The following come to mind: Disturbing Nauseating Violent Sad Painful Confusing Loud Cacophonous Overwhelming Very, very foreign […]
October 20, 2012 in Asia, blog, Thailand, Travelogue
**WARNING** Descriptions and photos in this post may be disturbing to some. Please preview for young children. We rolled down the windows on the car, as we crept into town, […]
October 15, 2012 in Asia, Inspiration, Thailand, Travelogue
Do you live life in layers? So often to me it seems like our lives are layer cakes: Different flavours Different textures Sweet fillings Sometimes icky fillings The occasional nut […]
August 9, 2012 in Asia, Cambodia, Travelogue
The air is warm and swirling in that way that only tropical air does. It smells of the frangipani blossoms that are littered like a carpet of wedding flowers through […]
August 8, 2012 in Asia, Cambodia, Laos, Travelogue
Whoever said, “The joy is in the journey,” clearly has not traveled overland through Southeast Asia. My birthday breakfast was lovely, sitting on the dock above the Mekong on Don […]
August 5, 2012 in Asia, Laos, Travelogue
Travel is one long lesson in patience, punctuated with epic highs, undergirded by the unavoidable lows. The “ferry” crossing the Mekong, at Champasak, is of questionable safety. “It occurs to […]
August 3, 2012 in Asia, Laos, Travelogue
Champasak Palace was built by Jao Boon Oum, the last king of Laos. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to see it finished, as he fled to France in 1975. It is […]
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